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Gold Prospecting
Metal Detecting for Gold
Trying to locate either Bakers flat or Rakers flat Waanyarra /Tarnagul
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<blockquote data-quote="grubstake" data-source="post: 456788" data-attributes="member: 4012"><p>From Trove (<a href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9070032" target="_blank">https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9070032</a>)</p><p></p><p><u>10-Dec 1902</u>:</p><p><em>THE WAANYARRA RUSH.</em></p><p><em>MORE NUGGETS FOUND.</em></p><p><em>DUNOLLY, Tuesday.--The rush at Baker's Flat,</em></p><p><em>Waanyarra, is still attracting considerable atten-</em></p><p><em>tion, and to-day over 500 men were on the ground.</em></p><p><em>The gold being obtained is mostly in private</em></p><p><em>ground, the sinking being about 25ft. To-day</em></p><p><em>Mr. Williamson, who got, a 34oz. nugget last</em></p><p><em>week, obtained another, about 25oz., and two ad-</em></p><p><em>ditional nuggets were got, one estimated at 30oz.</em></p><p><em>and the other 5oz. Other claims have bottomed on</em></p><p><em>gold, and for the next few days, those sinking</em></p><p><em>will be keenly watched, in order that the trend</em></p><p><em>of lead may he fixed. There is plenty of private</em></p><p><em>land, but very little Crown land.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="grubstake, post: 456788, member: 4012"] From Trove ([url]https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9070032[/url]) [u]10-Dec 1902[/u]: [i]THE WAANYARRA RUSH. MORE NUGGETS FOUND. DUNOLLY, Tuesday.--The rush at Baker's Flat, Waanyarra, is still attracting considerable atten- tion, and to-day over 500 men were on the ground. The gold being obtained is mostly in private ground, the sinking being about 25ft. To-day Mr. Williamson, who got, a 34oz. nugget last week, obtained another, about 25oz., and two ad- ditional nuggets were got, one estimated at 30oz. and the other 5oz. Other claims have bottomed on gold, and for the next few days, those sinking will be keenly watched, in order that the trend of lead may he fixed. There is plenty of private land, but very little Crown land.[/i] [/QUOTE]
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Gold Prospecting
Metal Detecting for Gold
Trying to locate either Bakers flat or Rakers flat Waanyarra /Tarnagul
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